This fable is ideal for teaching lessons on perspective, teamwork, and critical thinking. With its vivid art and simple text, it engages students in literacy and art while sparking conversations on how teamwork and multiple viewpoints lead to deeper understanding of the task, and of each other.
pickGenre: Traditional Literature
Publication year: 1992
Seven Blind Mice is a Caldecott Honor book, and it is a fable that teaches a moral lesson. Through bold art in the form of collages, each mouse discovers part of a mysterious shape, but only together do they realize it's an elephant. It's a fable because it uses animals to convey wisdom about perspective and truth.
This fable is ideal for teaching lessons on perspective, cooperation, and critical thinking. With its vivid art and simple text, it engages students in literacy and art while sparking discussions on how teamwork and multiple viewpoints lead to deeper understanding.
pickSeven Blind Mice (1992), a Caldecott Honor book, is a fable that teaches a moral lesson. Through bold collage art, each mouse discovers part of a mysterious shape, but only together do they realize it‘s an elephant. It‘s a fable because it uses animals to convey wisdom about perspective and truth.
Genre: Traditional Literature
As a teacher, I will use this book to spark discussions about problem-solving, perspective-taking, and critical thinking. It also works well for introducing sequencing, colors, days of the week, and the idea that everyone‘s viewpoint contributes to understanding.
pickThis book was published in 1922 by Ed young. This book is a fable but also a Caldecott winner. This book is a fable because it uses animals with human qualities to teach a moral lesson. The story shows that you must look at the whole picture to truly understand the truth.
I would use this book for a prediction lesson or to teach about folktales
pickThis book is a folktale/fable because it has a moral of the story and it is a animal with human like qualities.
I feel as though students could use their imagination and make inferences on what the mice found.
pickI feel as though this book is a good sequence book for students to read. Each mouse tries to figure out what they have found on the side of the pond.
I would use this story in an art class to show the impact of color in a story.
pickSeven Blind Mice, by Ed. Young is a wonderful story that captivates negative space and color. There are many colors and shades within the book that create a fun and exciting environment.
“Knowing in part may make a final tale, but wisdom comes from seeing the whole.“
This book has a good source of light and dark. Having each page have a black background to emphasize the characters. This has a good theme about identifying an object as a whole instead of parts
pickThe Seven Blind Mice by ED Young, 1993, was a thought this was a beautiful story with a magical take on color that could be read to children.It is a very friendly and inviting story that was comparable too the old tale of the three blind mice. The colors of the rainbow draw the reader in!
“Knowing in part may make a final tale, but wisdom comes from seeing the whole.“
This book has a good source of light and dark. Having each page have a black background to emphasize the characters. This has a good theme about identifying an object as a whole instead of parts
so-soTraditional Literature- The Seven Blind Mice by ED Young, 1993, was a thought this was a beautiful story with a magical take on color that could be read to children.It is a very friendly and inviting story that was comparable too the old tale of the three blind mice. The colors of the rainbow draw the reader in!
The mouse Moral : “Knowing in part may make a final tale, but wisdom comes from seeing the whole.“
This book has a good source of light an dark. Having each page have a black background to emphasize the characters. This has a good theme about identifying an object as a whole instead of parts.
The mouse Moral : “Knowing in part may make a final tale, but wisdom comes from seeing the whole.“
pickThe Seven Blind Mice by ED Young, 1993, was a thought this was a beautiful story with a magical take on color that could be read to children.It is a very friendly and inviting story that was comparable too the old tale of the three blind mice. The colors of the rainbow draw the reader in!
This book has a good source of light an dark. Having each page have a black background to emphasize the characters. This has a good theme about identifying an object as a whole instead of parts.
pickThe Seven Blind Mice by ED Young, 1993, was a thought this was a beautiful story with a magical take on color that could be read to children.It is a very friendly and inviting story that was comparable too the old tale of the three blind mice. The colors of the rainbow draw the reader in!
pickThe Seven Blind Mice by ED Young, 1993, was a thought this was a beautiful story with a magical take on color that could be read to children.It is a very friendly and inviting story that was comparable too the old tale of the three blind mice. The colors of the rainbow draw the reader in!
This book has a good source of light an dark. Having each page have a black background to emphasize the characters. This has a good theme about identifying an object as a whole instead of parts.
The mouse Moral : “Knowing in part may make a final tale, but wisdom comes from seeing the whole.“
The mouse Moral : “Knowing in part may make a final tale, but wisdom comes from seeing the whole.“
This book has a good source of light an dark. Having each page have a black background to emphasize the characters. This has a good theme about identifying an object as a whole instead of parts.
pickI thought this was a good story to read to children.It is a very friendly and inviting story.
“The mouse moral: Knowing in part may make a fine tale, but wisdom comes from seeing the whole.“
This book is a fable for many reasons. It is based on the Indian fable of the blind men and an elephant. It has personification where the mice behave like humans. The number seven is also very common in fables and it stands for each day of the week in this story. Also it has a moral that you cant just look at parts, you cant see until you see the whole picture.
pickThe seven blind mice notice something new comes to their pond. Each day of the week each mouse goes and says its something different. The last mouse goes and finds out it is something that entails what each mouse said.
Illustrations- The illustrations change depending what each mouse is describing.
This book would be great for age 4-6. This is a simple and fast read for children.
pickThis book was a great read. The seven blind mice work together to identify an object. The illustrations are simple but describe what each mouse is seeing.
“The mouse moral: Knowing in part may make a fine tale, but wisdom comes from seeing the whole.”
pickThis Children‘s award winning book is a fun story for kids with a great lesson. The illustrations are fun and colorful. This book showed that everyone has their own perspective but that you don‘t really understand until you it all.
pickThis F book is great for S and the illustrations are simple yet effective. The book is not text heave so it would be great for ELLs to read and listen to. At the same time, it still provide a powerful example of why it is important to know the complete story. #UCFSU19
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pickThis is a really beautiful TL picture book. Ed Young has a very unique and colorful way of illustrating his work, and it‘s very captivating. This book tells the story of seven blind mice who find an unfamiliar thing at the pond that they frequent. The mice try to figure out what it is by climbing over bits and pieces of it one by one, but it‘s not until their sibling climbs the entire thing that they figure out what it is.
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